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Food worker advocates say lack of PPE endangering nation’s food supply

By Coral Beach on April 15, 2020

Latino food workers are at risk of contracting coronavirus at their jobs, which is not only a risk to their health but also to the nation’s food supply, according to a Hispanic civil rights organization.…
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NJ food handler worked with hepatitis A infection; 27 confirmed sick, 1 dead

By News Desk on August 27, 2019

A food handler infected with hepatitis A who worked at New Jersey’s Mendham Golf and Tennis Club is likely responsible for 27 illnesses including one death.

The outbreak, traced to the infected food handler who…
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Oregon Worker Dies After Falling Into Meat Grinder

By News Desk on May 1, 2013

An Oregon man contracted to clean a meat processing plant died last week when he fell into a machine at the facility. Hugo Avalos-Chanon, age 41, of Southeast Portland died late Friday night after becoming…
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Study Highlights Campylobacter Risk Factors for Poultry Plant Workers

By Gretchen Goetz on January 9, 2013

A new analysis of Campylobacter infections among workers at a Virginia poultry plant offers hints about which employees more likely to fall ill from the bacteria. Government researchers examined health data for plant employees from…
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Sick Subway Employees Worked During Norovirus Outbreak

By News Desk on July 3, 2012

Employees at an Indiana Subway restaurant went to work in January despite being sick with Norovirus, according to a health department investigation. During a Norovirus outbreak in Blackford County that sickened 90 residents from January…
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Better to Vaccinate Food Workers Ahead of Time

By News Desk on September 17, 2011

Making restaurants pay for vaccinating their own employees against hepatitis A before they become food service workers would be a far cheaper alternative than running huge vaccination clinics after a food service worker becomes infected

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Kitchen Confusion: Food Workers Score Poorly on Safe Handling Test

By Gretchen Goetz on August 29, 2011

Diners beware: some restaurant workers may not have a full grasp of what it takes to keep food safe from contamination.

That’s according to a recent study from the University of Illinois at Chicago, which…
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Help to Keep Sick Workers from Handling Food

By News Desk on August 19, 2011

The “Big 5” in food-safety parlance are norovirus, hepatitis A, Salmonella Typhi, Shigella and E. coli O157:H7 and its dangerous cousins, bugs that have high infectivity and can be easily transmitted to food by sick

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